• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Security
  • Education
  • Sports
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Legal
  • Technology and Science
  • Opinion
  • Columns
  • Exposé
  • World
  • Lifestyle
N2.67b ‘school feeding’ fund uncovered in private accounts

I Won’t Be Deterred By Detractors- Humanitarian Minister

3 years ago
2026 World Cup: FIFA To Kick-off Ticket Sale September 10

2026 World Cup: FIFA To Kick-off Ticket Sale September 10

10 minutes ago
More African Americans Choosing To Relocate To Africa

More African Americans Choosing To Relocate To Africa

1 hour ago
Morocco To Host 2026 WAFCON As Nigerian Stars, Others Scoop CAF Awards

Morocco To Host 2026 WAFCON As Nigerian Stars, Others Scoop CAF Awards

2 hours ago
Zimbabwe Pays First Compensation To White Farmers Affected By Land Reforms

Zimbabwe Unveils New Urban Land Policy To Tackle Illegal Settlements, Curb Corruption

3 hours ago
JUST IN: Nigeria Wins 10th WAFCON Title After Dramatic Comeback Against Morocco

JUST IN: Nigeria Wins 10th WAFCON Title After Dramatic Comeback Against Morocco

19 hours ago
Sunday, July 27, 2025
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
Heritage Times
No Result
View All Result
Translate |
  • Login
  • Politics
    CAR: President Touadera Announces Third Term Bid After Removing Tenure Limit

    CAR: President Touadera Announces Third Term Bid After Removing Tenure Limit

    Cameroon: Electoral Body Disqualifies President Biya’s Main Challenger

    Cameroon: Electoral Body Disqualifies President Biya’s Main Challenger

    Insecurity In West Africa No Longer France’s Concern — Minister

    Insecurity In West Africa No Longer France’s Concern — Minister

    Rwanda: Kagame Appoints Top Central Bank Official As New PM

    Rwanda: Kagame Appoints Top Central Bank Official As New PM

    Strained Relations: Ramaphosa, Trump To Meet This Week

    US: Lawmakers Vote To Favour Bill Seeking Sanctions Against SA Over Its Foreign Policy

    As Regional Tension Worsens, Eritrea Cautions Ethiopia Against Conflict

    As Regional Tension Worsens, Eritrea Cautions Ethiopia Against Conflict

    Algeria Is Neutral In Libya Conflict, Says President Tebboune

    Algeria Is Neutral In Libya Conflict, Says President Tebboune

    Burkina Faso: Military Govt Scraps Electoral Body, Says It’s Waste Of Funds

    Burkina Faso: Military Govt Scraps Electoral Body, Says It’s Waste Of Funds

    UK Considers Reducing Voting Age To 16

    UK Considers Reducing Voting Age To 16

  • Economy
    Nigerian Govt, BoI Earmark N50m Innovation Grant For STEMM Students

    Nigerian Govt, BoI Earmark N50m Innovation Grant For STEMM Students

    IMF To Visit Senegal In August, With Focus On Hidden Debts, New Disbursements

    IMF To Visit Senegal In August, With Focus On Hidden Debts, New Disbursements

    Kenya: President Ruto’s Convoy Kills British National

    Kenya: Rating Agency Says Cost Of Debt Servicing’ll Remain High Over Local Borrowing

    Zambia Seals $1.1bn Deal With Chinese Firm To Construct 60,000 BPD Refinery

    Zambia Seals $1.1bn Deal With Chinese Firm To Construct 60,000 BPD Refinery

    Gita Gopinath To Step Down From IMF, Return To Harvard Faculty In September

    Gita Gopinath To Step Down From IMF, Return To Harvard Faculty In September

    AfDB To Boost Sustainable Agriculture In Morocco With $116 Million Loan

    AfDB To Boost Sustainable Agriculture In Morocco With $116 Million Loan

    Ghana, Serbia To Sign Labour Mobility Agreement

    Ghana, Serbia To Sign Labour Mobility Agreement

    Ghana: President Mahama Stops Payment Of Fuel Allowance To Officials

    Ghana: President Mahama Stops Payment Of Fuel Allowance To Officials

    Record-Breaking Mars Rock Found In Niger Fetches $4.3M At Auction

    Record-Breaking Mars Rock Found In Niger Fetches $4.3M At Auction

  • Security
  • Education
  • Sports
  • Health
  • Metro
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Legal
  • Tech & Science
  • Opinion
  • Exposé
  • Exclusive Videos
  • Niger Delta
  • World
  • Politics
    CAR: President Touadera Announces Third Term Bid After Removing Tenure Limit

    CAR: President Touadera Announces Third Term Bid After Removing Tenure Limit

    Cameroon: Electoral Body Disqualifies President Biya’s Main Challenger

    Cameroon: Electoral Body Disqualifies President Biya’s Main Challenger

    Insecurity In West Africa No Longer France’s Concern — Minister

    Insecurity In West Africa No Longer France’s Concern — Minister

    Rwanda: Kagame Appoints Top Central Bank Official As New PM

    Rwanda: Kagame Appoints Top Central Bank Official As New PM

    Strained Relations: Ramaphosa, Trump To Meet This Week

    US: Lawmakers Vote To Favour Bill Seeking Sanctions Against SA Over Its Foreign Policy

    As Regional Tension Worsens, Eritrea Cautions Ethiopia Against Conflict

    As Regional Tension Worsens, Eritrea Cautions Ethiopia Against Conflict

    Algeria Is Neutral In Libya Conflict, Says President Tebboune

    Algeria Is Neutral In Libya Conflict, Says President Tebboune

    Burkina Faso: Military Govt Scraps Electoral Body, Says It’s Waste Of Funds

    Burkina Faso: Military Govt Scraps Electoral Body, Says It’s Waste Of Funds

    UK Considers Reducing Voting Age To 16

    UK Considers Reducing Voting Age To 16

  • Economy
    Nigerian Govt, BoI Earmark N50m Innovation Grant For STEMM Students

    Nigerian Govt, BoI Earmark N50m Innovation Grant For STEMM Students

    IMF To Visit Senegal In August, With Focus On Hidden Debts, New Disbursements

    IMF To Visit Senegal In August, With Focus On Hidden Debts, New Disbursements

    Kenya: President Ruto’s Convoy Kills British National

    Kenya: Rating Agency Says Cost Of Debt Servicing’ll Remain High Over Local Borrowing

    Zambia Seals $1.1bn Deal With Chinese Firm To Construct 60,000 BPD Refinery

    Zambia Seals $1.1bn Deal With Chinese Firm To Construct 60,000 BPD Refinery

    Gita Gopinath To Step Down From IMF, Return To Harvard Faculty In September

    Gita Gopinath To Step Down From IMF, Return To Harvard Faculty In September

    AfDB To Boost Sustainable Agriculture In Morocco With $116 Million Loan

    AfDB To Boost Sustainable Agriculture In Morocco With $116 Million Loan

    Ghana, Serbia To Sign Labour Mobility Agreement

    Ghana, Serbia To Sign Labour Mobility Agreement

    Ghana: President Mahama Stops Payment Of Fuel Allowance To Officials

    Ghana: President Mahama Stops Payment Of Fuel Allowance To Officials

    Record-Breaking Mars Rock Found In Niger Fetches $4.3M At Auction

    Record-Breaking Mars Rock Found In Niger Fetches $4.3M At Auction

  • Security
  • Education
  • Sports
  • Health
  • Metro
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Legal
  • Tech & Science
  • Opinion
  • Exposé
  • Exclusive Videos
  • Niger Delta
  • World
No Result
View All Result
First with the News

I Won’t Be Deterred By Detractors- Humanitarian Minister

July 16, 2022
in Metro
0
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq

0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Whatsapp

By Ere-ebi Agedah

The Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster Management, Sadiya Umar Farouq has stated that she will not be deterred by belly-aching detractors who will stop at nothing to derail the lofty Social Investment Programs of His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration whose declared agenda is to lift 100 million vulnerable Nigerians out of poverty by 2030.

Relatedreading

Italy Plans 15,000 Prisons Spaces To Address Congestion

Libya Deports 700 Sudanese Migrants Fleeing Conflict, Poverty

This, was in reaction to a false report alleging diversion of Social Investment Programs meant for the entire country to Bauchi State.

In a press release from Nneka Ikem Anibeze, the SA Media to the Hon Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster management, noted that the allegation is baseless, malicious and false.

The statement reads ‘‘The attention of the Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has been drawn to a malicious and manifestly false report published by a fictitious group that call itself the “APC Initiative for Good Governance.

‘‘The Bauchi based group in a statement signed by Nasiru Cigari alleged that “Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq diverted Social Investment Programs meant for the entire country to Bauchi State.

‘‘It also accused the Minister of “abandoning her office and relocating to Bauchi to push the political interest of her husband, Air Marshal Abubakar Sadique (Rtd), who is contesting the 2023 governorship of Bauchi state on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

‘‘Since the creation of the Ministry in August 2019, at least 20 million Nigerians have so far been empowered through various programmes and initiatives of the Ministry. This includes the upskilling of 1,064,774 youths in the graduate and non graduate programmes under the N-Power scheme, of which the number of beneficiaries in Bauchi state ranked 11th out the 36 states and the FCT.  The highest number of beneficiaries are from Benue, Delta, Enugu, FCT, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Osun, Oyo and Rivers states before Bauchi.

‘‘Under the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme, a total of 9.9 million children from primary 1 to 3 in 53,000 public schools nationwide are currently being fed one hot nutritious meal every school day, with Bauchi state being the 4th highest in terms of benefitting number of primary schools behind Kano, Benue and Kaduna states. In addition, Kano state has the highest number of children being fed, followed by Katsina, Kaduna, Niger, Jigawa, Benue before Bauchi.

‘‘The Hon Minister, represented by the Permanent Secretary, recently flagged off the Cash Grant for Vulnerable Groups on July 4, 2022 in Oshogbo, Osun state. The faceless group may wish to explain to it’s followers, why Hajiya Sadiya Farouq did not start the distribution of Cash to Vulnerable Groups in Bauchi State.

‘‘Sadiya Umar Farouq is a detribalized Nigerian politician, mother and wife, philanthropist and devout Muslim. She spreads love evenly to the poor and vulnerable regardless of their state of origin, tribe or religion.

‘‘Ordinarily, the Ministry would not have expended its time and energy or give credence to the malicious report by responding to this group of detractors, but for the sake of putting the records straight.

‘‘Sadiya Umar Farouq is a native of Zamfara state and married to a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar Sadique. By virtue of her marriage to an indigene of Bauchi state, the full rights of any Bauchi woman have been bestowed on her. Therefore, the unregistered and unknown APC Initiative for Good Governance group cannot stop her from reaping or sowing the seeds of development in her husband’s state to the extent of its rightful share from the Ministry she heads,  neither can their mischievous falsehood prevent her from supporting the political interest of her husband.

‘‘At no time did Umar Farouq divert Social Investment Programmes meant for the 36 states and the FCT to Bauchi, nor did she ever abandon the responsibilities in her office to relocate to Bauchi. On the contrary, she has been working tirelessly and assiduously to ensure that no vulnerable Nigerian is left to go hungry, and to also lift them higher than where she met them.

‘‘The Hon. Minister immediately after flagging off the Cash Grant for Vulnerable Groups left for Saudi Arabia to perform her religious rites with permission from Mr. President, and is expected back in office this week.

‘‘We cannot help the APC Initiative for Good Governance if the group is terrified or intimidated by the profile and giant strides of an unperturbed Minister, whose primary focus is to deliver on her mandate in the Ministry.

‘‘While Sadiya Umar Farouq remains focused and committed to Mr. President’s vision of empowering Nigerians by rolling out one programme after the other to ensure inclusivity for the Nigerian Poor and Vulnerable, some idle minds and politically dislocated persons in Bauchi State, who have precious little or nothing to offer and are only out to needlessly breed trouble and generate discontent are harping wastefully on the Hon Minister.

‘‘The Poor and. Vulnerable, for whom the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has been created are excited with Sadiya Umar Farouq’s exemplary leadership. She is working hard to reduce poverty in the country, in line with Mr President’s Agenda of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of Poverty. The Minister, and indeed the whole Ministry, is unshaken by these elementary level stunts and will not relent in its momentum to effectively deliver innovative and impactful solutions to empower the poor and vulnerable in our country’’

 

 

Tags: breakingHeritageheritage timesheritagetimesmediaHumanitarian MinisterlatestnewsNneka Ikem AnibezeSA MediaSadiya Umar Farouqthe heritage timesthtthtafricatop stories
ShareTweetSend
Previous Post

Dutch Giants Ajax Target Nigerian Star

Next Post

NPFL Giants Kano Pillars Relegated After Losing Appeal

Related Posts

Italy Plans 15,000 Prisons Spaces To Address Congestion

Italy Plans 15,000 Prisons Spaces To Address Congestion

July 23, 2025
Libya Deports 700 Sudanese Migrants Fleeing Conflict, Poverty

Libya Deports 700 Sudanese Migrants Fleeing Conflict, Poverty

July 21, 2025

South Africa: Authorities Say Building Collapse That Killed 34 “Entirely Preventable”

SA: Cooks Embark On Joint Cooking Of 67,000 Litres Of Soup To Feed Residents

JUST IN: Former Nigerian Leader, Buhari Dies In London

Kenya: Ruto Orders Shooting Of Protesters Attacking Businesses

Next Post
NPFL Giants Kano Pillars Relegated After Losing Appeal

NPFL Giants Kano Pillars Relegated After Losing Appeal

Please login to join discussion
AfriHeritage Magazine Issue 2 AfriHeritage Magazine Issue 2 AfriHeritage Magazine Issue 2

Updates

Plugin Install : Widget Tab Post needs JNews - View Counter to be installed
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
2026 World Cup: FIFA To Kick-off Ticket Sale September 10

2026 World Cup: FIFA To Kick-off Ticket Sale September 10

July 27, 2025
More African Americans Choosing To Relocate To Africa

More African Americans Choosing To Relocate To Africa

July 27, 2025
Morocco To Host 2026 WAFCON As Nigerian Stars, Others Scoop CAF Awards

Morocco To Host 2026 WAFCON As Nigerian Stars, Others Scoop CAF Awards

July 27, 2025
Zimbabwe Pays First Compensation To White Farmers Affected By Land Reforms

Zimbabwe Unveils New Urban Land Policy To Tackle Illegal Settlements, Curb Corruption

July 27, 2025
JESIN GAMES - AfriTrivia JESIN GAMES - AfriTrivia JESIN GAMES - AfriTrivia
ADVERTISEMENT

Most Recent

2026 World Cup: FIFA To Kick-off Ticket Sale September 10

July 27, 2025

More African Americans Choosing To Relocate To Africa

July 27, 2025

Morocco To Host 2026 WAFCON As Nigerian Stars, Others Scoop CAF Awards

July 27, 2025

Zimbabwe Unveils New Urban Land Policy To Tackle Illegal Settlements, Curb Corruption

July 27, 2025

JUST IN: Nigeria Wins 10th WAFCON Title After Dramatic Comeback Against Morocco

July 26, 2025

JUST IN: Nigeria Wallop Rwanda In 2025 AfroBasket Opener

July 26, 2025

CAR: President Touadera Announces Third Term Bid After Removing Tenure Limit

July 26, 2025

Cameroon: Electoral Body Disqualifies President Biya’s Main Challenger

July 26, 2025

About

Heritage Times HT stands as a beacon of pan-African journalism, dedicated to amplyfing the rich tapestry of voices and narratives across the continent. With unwavering commitment, we illuminate the evocative essence of Africa, offering a fresh perspective that captivates our global audience.

Featured

From Hope To Fear: Kenya Joins East Africa’s Crackdown On Free Expression

AfDB Set For A New President, As Ould Tah Gains Continental Endorsement

How Dangote Is Turning Trump’s Trade War Into Africa’s Opportunity

Connect

Connect with us on social media and receive timely updates on the go.

Get Updates

  • About
  • Privacy Policy

© 2024 Heritage Times (HT) Media.

No Result
View All Result
  • Welcome
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Security
  • Exposé
  • Education
  • Sports
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Legal
  • Technology and Science
  • Columns
    • Opinion
  • World
  • __________________
  • Make a Donation
  • Photo Speaks
  • Videos
  • You-Report
  • Whistleblower
  • Advertise
  • HT Events
  • About HT
  • Contact us

© 2024 Heritage Times (HT) Media.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In